The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises cruelty towards women by their husbands or in-laws, does not violate the right to equality guaranteed ...

New Delhi: The Indian Penal Code was modeled after British criminal law, with the intention of controlling and punishing India instead of assisting or shielding it. Since our society has changed in ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs has set July 1, 2024, as the implementation date for new criminal laws, replacing the existing Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, and Indian Evidence Act. These ...

The three new criminal laws will come into effect from July 1 and replace the country's colonial-era legislations, the government announced on Saturday. The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya ...

LUCKNOW: Effective July 1, first-time offenders arrested for thefts under Rs 5,000 may face community service under the revised Indian Penal Code (IPC), Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023. The amended law ...

The Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC) used to form the core of criminal law in India. However, in recent years, the Government of India deemed it necessary to review the country's existing criminal laws to ...

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshaya Act will come into effect from July 1. The three new criminal laws which replace the Indian Penal Code, Code ...

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has received President Droupadi Murmu's assent, replacing the 163-year-old Indian Penal Code. Set to be enforced from July 1, the new law trims the IPC from 511 to 358 sections ...